Melle travel guide
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Visit Melle: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Melle is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 27 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Melle is 347 km from Paris and 546 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Melle
Popular places to visit near Melle: these include Niort at 27 km and Ruffec at 34 km.
Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Melle, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Melle
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Melle.
Note that all distances from Melle shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Melle holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Melle (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Deux-Sevres gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Melle and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (36km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (39km) : La Guyonnière (40km) : Laverré (44km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (32km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (1km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (28km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (33km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (35km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Melle & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Melle
Canton: Melle
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79500
Distance to Melle
from Niort: 27 km
from Paris: 347 km
from Calais: 546 km
from Nice: 647 km
from Bordeaux: 158 km
from Strasbourg: 649 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Melle): Celles-sur-Belle, Chail, Mazieres-sur-Beronne, Paizay-le-Tort, Pouffonds, Saint-Genard, Saint-Leger-de-la-Martiniere, Saint-Martin-les-Melle and Saint-Romans-les-Melle.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Melle from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Melle